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Hungarian authorities can introduce a home quarantine monitoring software
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According to a decree published in the Hungarian Official Gazette on Monday, Hungarian authorities can use an electronic software to check people’s compliance with the compulsory home quarantine.
This software will collect data about adults who are placed in quarantine, including their
- movement,
- portrait
- and health data, Index reported.
The use of this software will work on a voluntary basis, but those who consent to the utilisation of their data will be obliged to install the application on their phone. Failing to fulfil this obligation is an act of infringement, and it can also imply a rather high fine ranging from 3,000 and 300,000 forints.
The collection and use of data should not violate a person’s privacy, and he or she should not be unduly disturbed between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. If the authorities notice the violation of home quarantine, they can go out to verify the person’s location.